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Subject: Daily Summary of Ionospheric Data for 08 July
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                    DAILY IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY FOR 08 JUL 93
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M-FACTORS FOR 3000 KM DISTANCES - M(3000)F2
-------------------------------------------

     UPS  MUR  SAL  KHA  MAG  JUL  ASH  TOM  DIX  MAU  VBG  GOO  TAO  KEA  RAM  ARG  NIC  DYS
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z:                          2.9                 2.6  3.2  3.3  3.5  2.6  3.4   B   3.0  3.3
01Z: 3.0                      2.8                 2.8  3.1  2.9  3.5  2.8  2.8   B   2.9  3.2
02Z:                                              2.8  3.1  2.9   A   2.9  2.8   A   2.9  3.0
03Z: 2.8                      3.0                 3.0  3.5  2.6   A   3.0  2.7   B   2.9  3.2
04Z: 3.0                                          3.2  3.3  2.7   A   3.3  2.6  3.0  3.2  2.9
05Z: 2.8                                          3.2  3.4  2.8  2.7  3.3  2.7   B   3.4  3.1
06Z:           2.9  2.8  3.2  3.0  2.8  2.8       3.2  3.0  3.0  3.0  3.2  2.7   B   2.9  3.0
07Z:           2.9  3.1  3.2  3.1  2.9  2.9       3.2  3.3  3.1  2.9  3.3  2.9   B   2.8  3.0
08Z:           3.1  3.0  3.2  3.0  2.8  3.0       3.2  2.7  3.1  3.2  3.2  3.1   B   2.7  2.8
09Z:           3.3  3.0  3.2       2.9  2.8       2.8  3.0  3.0  3.2  2.9  2.7  3.2  3.1  3.0
10Z:           3.0                 2.8            2.7  2.8  3.1  3.1  2.7  3.0   A   3.0  3.2
11Z:           2.9  2.9  3.0       2.9  3.0       2.8  2.7  3.1  3.2  2.8   A    A   2.8  3.4
12Z:           3.1  2.7  3.2       2.9  3.1       2.8  2.7  3.2   I   2.8  3.1   B   2.7  3.4
13Z:           3.2  2.9  2.8       2.9  3.3       2.8  2.3  3.2  2.9  2.8  3.4   A   2.9  3.8
14Z:           3.1  2.9  2.9       2.9            3.0  3.0  3.0  2.8  3.0  3.8   A   3.0  3.0
15Z:           3.2  3.0  3.0            3.1       2.8  3.1  2.9  3.0  2.9   A    B   2.9  3.1
16Z:      2.9  3.1       2.8                      2.9  2.9  2.9  2.9  2.9  3.0   A        2.7
17Z:           3.0  2.7  3.0                 2.9  3.2  2.8  2.7  2.9  3.3  2.9   B        2.7
18Z:                                                   2.8  3.1  2.9       2.8   B        2.8
19Z:                                                   2.8  3.1  2.5       3.0   B        2.8
20Z:                                                   2.8  3.0  2.5       3.0   B        2.6
21Z:                                                   2.9  2.9   F        3.1   B        2.8
22Z:                                                   2.8  2.9  3.2       2.8   B        3.0
23Z:                                                   3.0  3.0  3.3       3.0   B        3.0
=========================================
Estimated Average Global M(3000)F2:  2.98.


MINIMUM OBSERVED FREQUENCIES - FMIN (MHz)
-----------------------------------------

     MUR  SAL  KHA  MAG  ASH  TOM  DIX
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z:
01Z:
02Z:
03Z:
04Z:
05Z:
06Z: 1.0  1.9  1.1  1.0  2.0  1.0
07Z: 1.0  1.5  1.1  1.0  2.1  1.0  1.6
08Z: 1.0  1.0  1.1  1.0  2.1  1.0  1.0
09Z: 1.0  1.0  1.1  1.0  3.5  1.0  1.0
10Z: 1.2  1.0            1.8       1.0
11Z: 1.9  1.9  1.0  1.1  2.1  1.0  1.0
12Z: 2.0  1.0  1.3  1.0  3.3  1.0  1.0
13Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.2  3.3  1.0  1.0
14Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0  2.0
15Z: 1.0  1.0  1.0  1.0       1.0  1.2
16Z: 1.0  1.0       1.0            1.2
17Z: 1.2  1.0  1.0  1.0            1.6
18Z:
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


CRITICAL SPORADIC E-LAYER FREQUENCIES - Es (MHz)
------------------------------------------------

     MUR  SAL  KHA  MAG  ASH  TOM  DIX
     ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
00Z:
01Z:
02Z:
03Z:
04Z:
05Z:
06Z:           3.1  3.0  5.3  3.4
07Z: 4.2  3.4       2.5  4.8  3.4  3.8
08Z:      3.1       2.7  3.2       4.0
09Z:      3.0  2.4  2.0  3.8
10Z:                     4.3       3.6
11Z:           1.7       7.2       3.8
12Z:           3.0       4.1  2.8  3.8
13Z:           1.8       6.2       4.5
14Z:      2.5  2.9       4.8
15Z:           3.0             11  4.0
16Z: 4.8                           3.2
17Z: 5.0       2.0                 6.2
18Z:
19Z:
20Z:
21Z:
22Z:
23Z:


OBSERVED CRITICAL F2 LAYER FREQUENCIES (MHz)
--------------------------------------------

      UPS  MUR  SAL  KHA  MAG  JUL  ASH  TOM  DIX  WAR  POI  OTI  MAU  CAM  VBG  GOO  TAO  RES  KEA  RAM  ARG  NIC  DYS
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:                           5.4                  A   6.6      10.0  6.7  6.4  5.8  7.0  4.4 10.0  5.4   B   5.7  6.4
01Z:  5.0                      5.2                 4.9  6.2      10.9  7.0  6.4  5.7  6.9   F  10.9  5.5   B   5.1  5.8
02Z:  4.9                       A                  4.9  6.0      11.6  6.7  6.3  5.3   A    F  11.6  5.4   A   4.9  6.5
03Z:  4.9                      5.2                 4.5  5.4      12.6  6.7  7.0  4.0   A   4.7 12.6  4.9   B   5.0  5.9
04Z:  5.2                       A                  5.2  5.1      13.3  6.3  6.4  4.0   A    F  13.3  4.8  4.1  6.1  5.3
05Z:  5.2                       A                  5.2  5.8      11.8  6.3  7.0  4.1 10.0   F  11.8  5.0   B   6.7  5.3
06Z:       5.3  6.0  6.1  6.1  5.8  6.6  6.7       5.8  6.2      10.1  7.3  5.6  4.0 10.8      10.1  4.4   B   6.3  4.7
07Z:       5.5  6.0  6.3  5.9  5.6  7.5  6.7  5.2  5.1  6.2       9.0  6.5  6.4  3.6 13.9       9.0  4.1   B   7.4  4.5
08Z:       5.5  5.6  6.0  5.9  6.0  8.4  6.3  5.2                 7.3  5.9  5.9  4.0 15.0       7.3  3.4   B   7.9  4.4
09Z:       5.3  5.5  6.1  6.0       8.8  6.0  5.0                 5.6  3.5  4.9  4.4 13.4       5.6  3.1  4.9  8.4  4.5
10Z:       5.7  5.5                 8.8       5.0                 5.5  3.3  4.0  4.7 12.4       5.5  4.0   A   7.4  4.0
11Z:       5.8  5.7  6.8  7.0       8.4  6.0  5.5                 6.4  3.5  4.0  5.2  9.5       6.4   A    A   7.4  3.7
12Z:       5.7  5.7  7.5  7.1       7.0  6.4  4.8            5.3  5.7  3.8  4.4  5.0   I        5.7  5.1   B   7.6  4.1
13Z:       5.3  5.6  7.8  6.9       6.8  6.0  4.8            5.5  6.2  3.7  6.2  5.6  8.0       6.2  8.3   A   8.6  4.9
14Z:       4.8  5.4  7.3  6.0       6.4                      4.8  5.3  4.2  4.9  5.8  6.3       5.3  8.2   A   8.7  6.3
15Z:       4.9  4.9  7.3  5.2            5.8                 5.3  5.4  4.5  5.9  5.5  5.5       5.4   A    B   7.9  6.6
16Z:       5.3  4.3       4.9                                5.9  4.8  3.7  6.2  5.7  6.0       4.8  6.2   A        6.0
17Z:       4.8  3.9  6.0  4.7                 4.2            6.2  4.7  3.8  5.5  5.2  6.0       4.7  5.8   B        6.0
18Z:                                                                   4.2  6.1  5.3  6.0            5.8   B        6.3
19Z:                                                                   4.0  6.3  5.2  5.4            5.8   B        5.7
20Z:                                                                   2.7  6.3  5.1  5.5            5.7   B        5.6
21Z:                                                                   3.7  6.4  5.3   F             5.8   B        5.8
22Z:                                                                   5.5  6.6  5.4  5.4  4.5       6.0   B        5.9
23Z:                                                                   6.3  7.6  5.4  5.5   F        7.1   B        6.4
=========================================
Estimated Average Global foF2:  6.12 MHz.


MAXIMUM USABLE FREQUENCIES FOR 3000 KM PATHS (MHz) - MUF(3000)
--------------------------------------------------------------

      UPS  MUR  SAL  KHA  MAG  JUL  ASH  TOM  DIX  MAU  VBG  GOO  TAO  KEA  RAM  ARG  NIC  DYS
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:                          15.7                26.0 20.5 19.1 24.5 26.0 18.4   B  17.1 21.1
01Z: 15.0                     14.6                30.5 19.8 16.5 24.1 30.5 15.4   B  14.8 18.6
02Z:                            A                 33.1 19.5 15.4   A  33.6 15.1   A  14.2 19.5
03Z: 13.7                     15.6                37.8 24.5 10.4   A  37.8 13.2   B  14.5 18.9
04Z: 15.6                       A                 43.2 21.1 10.8   A  43.9 12.5 12.3 19.5 15.4
05Z: 14.6                       A                 38.4 23.8 11.5 27.0 38.9 13.5   B  22.8 16.4
06Z:           17.4 17.1 19.5 17.4 18.5 18.8      32.3 16.8 12.0 32.4 32.3 11.9   B  18.3 14.1
07Z:           17.4 19.5 18.9 17.4 21.8 19.4      29.2 21.1 11.2 40.3 29.7 11.9   B  20.7 13.5
08Z:           17.4 18.0 18.9 18.0 23.5 18.9      23.0 15.9 12.4 48.0 23.4 10.5   B  21.3 12.3
09Z:           18.1 18.3 19.2      25.5 16.8      16.0 14.7 13.2 42.9 16.2  8.4 15.7 26.0 13.5
10Z:           16.5                24.6           14.9 11.2 14.6 38.4 14.9 12.0   A  22.2 12.8
11Z:           16.5 19.7 21.0      24.4 18.0      17.6 10.8 16.1 30.4 17.9   A    A  20.7 12.6
12Z:           17.7 20.2 22.7      20.3 19.8      15.7 11.9 16.0   I  16.0 15.8   B  20.5 13.9
13Z:           17.9 22.6 19.3      19.7 19.8      17.0 14.3 17.9 23.2 17.4 28.2   A  24.9 18.6
14Z:           16.7 21.2 17.4      18.6           15.9 14.7 17.4 17.6 15.9 31.2   A  26.1 18.9
15Z:           15.7 21.9 15.6           18.0      15.4 18.3 16.0 16.5 15.7   A    B  22.9 20.5
16Z:      15.4 13.3      13.7                     13.9 18.0 16.5 17.4 13.9 18.6   A       16.2
17Z:           11.7 16.2 14.1                12.2 15.3 15.4 14.0 17.4 15.5 16.8   B       16.2
18Z:                                                   17.1 16.4 17.4      16.2   B       17.6
19Z:                                                   17.6 16.1 13.5      17.4   B       16.0
20Z:                                                   17.6 15.3 13.8      17.1   B       14.6
21Z:                                                   18.6 15.4   F       18.0   B       16.2
22Z:                                                   18.5 15.7 17.3      16.8   B       17.7
23Z:                                                   22.8 16.2 18.1      21.3   B       19.2
===============================================
Estimated Average Global MUF(3000)F2: 18.22 MHz.


OBSERVED TOTAL IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON CONTENT
-------------------------------------------

      TAO  PAL  SHE  OSA  CNV  BOU  ANC
     ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
00Z:  240  360                 240   80
01Z:  260  410            160  220   68
02Z:  260  440            130  220   60
03Z:  290  460            110  220   58
04Z:  330  450            100  190   72
05Z:  400  400             92  180   79
06Z:  410  330             85  190   82
07Z:  440  240             77  170   91
08Z:  500  190             77  150   81
09Z:  420  130             60  150   90
10Z:        97             38  160   63
11Z:       100             45  150   56
12Z:       110             82  160   50
13Z:       100            120  170   42
14Z:        85            150  210   45
15Z:        81            160  270   60
16Z:        75            160  290   89
17Z:  110  130            190  290  110
18Z:  110  170            200  280  130
19Z:  110  220            210  260  130
20Z:  120  250            190  240  110
21Z:  140  230            170        80
22Z:  180  250            170  220   79
23Z:  200  270            180  230   87


LIST OF REPORTING STATIONS AND THE SATELLITES THEY USE TO MEASURE TEC:

UPS = Uppsala                    Sweden              (N60E018)
MUR = Murmansk                   USSR                (N68E033)
SAL = Salekhard                  USSR                (N66E066)
KHA = Khabarovsk                 USSR                (N48E135)
MAG = Magadan                    USSR                (N60E151)
JUL = Juliusruh/Rugen            Germany             (N54E013)
ASH = Ashkhabad                  USSR                (N37E058)
TOM = Tomsk                      USSR                (N56E085)
DIX = Dixon                      USSR                (N74E081)
WAR = Warsaw                     Poland              (N52W021)
POI = Poitiers                   France              (N46E000)
OTI = Ottawa                     Canada              (N45W076)
MAU = Maui HI                    USA                 (N20W157)
CAM = Camden                     Australia           (S34E151)
VBG = Vandenberg AFB CA          USA                 (N34W120)
GOO = Goose Bay                  Canada              (N53W060)
TAO = Taoyuan                    Taiwan              (N25E121)
RES = Resolute Bay               Canada              (N74W094)
KEA = Keakawapu HI               USA                 (N20W156)
RAM = Ramey AFB                  Puerto Rico         (N18W067)
ARG = Argentia                   Canada              (N48W053)
NIC = Nicosia                    Cyprus              (N35E033)
DYS = Dyess AFB TX               USA                 (N32W099)
PAL = Palehua HI                 USA                 (N21W158)
SHE = Shemya AK                  USA                 (N52E174)
OSA = Osan AB                    Korea               (N37E127)
CNV = Cape Canaveral FL          USA                 (N28W080)
BOU = Boulder CO                 USA                 (N40W105)
ANC = Anchorage AK               USA                 (N61W150)


DESCRIPTIVE CODES WHICH MAY APPEAR IN THE FOF2, M(3000), OR SID SECTIONS:

            A = Blanketing Sporadic E
            B = Complete Absorption
            C = Equipment Problems
            D = Frequency Higher than Equipment
            E = Frequency Lower than Equipment
            F = Spread Echoes
            G = FOF2 is less than FOF1
            I = Smoothed Value
            R = Attenuation


     Values in this experimental daily report have not been checked
     for errors and may occasionally contain a few.  Total electron
     content values are given in units of 10^15 electrons per square meter.


